How American Tower, Eaton Towers, Helios Towers Africa and IHS Towers are investing in new power solutions

Under what conditions can cell site energy be delivered below the $1 per kWh mark?

Revenue generation, portfolio growth and spending plans for Africa’s third largest towerco

Ghana had an estimated population of 28.0mn people and 37.3mn mobile connections at the end of 2016, giving a mobile penetration of 133% - the second highest in the 15 countries comprising the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) with only Gambia ahead (154%), and the eighth highest across the whole of Africa. Ghana’s mobile penetration is similar to the average in Western Europe, although the number of SIMs per unique subscriber is somewhat higher (1.8 versus 1.4) implying that penetration of unique subscribers is somewhat lower than there.

Your comprehensive guide to expected procurement activities in 30 markets

The time is ripe for towercos to enter the small cells market and diversify their offering

Cell sites located beyond the electricity grid uniquely positioned to complete the vaccine ‘cold chain’

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Lively debate characterised the inaugural energy storage working group at the TowerXchange Meetup Africa 2016, where dozens of experienced buyers and sellers of batteries exchanged insights into how to extend lifecycles in challenging operating conditions in Africa and the Middle East.

On 19 October, TowerXchange hosted the first working group on platforms for site intelligence, management and optimisation. With robust data being absolutely critical to decision making in site operations and management, the working group was designed to address some of the limitations that users are finding with current technology platforms, share success stories in the implementation of different systems and examine requirements on how technologies need to evolve.

On 19 October, TowerXchange hosted the first working group for Civil Works & O&M in the African and Middle Eastern tower industry. The aim of the group was to identify some of the key challenges in the rollout, operations and maintenance of cell sites in the region and provide recommendations to MNOs, towercos and managed service providers on how to better work together amidst increasingly challenging economic conditions.

TowerXchange hosted our inaugural working groups at our recent TowerXchange Meetup Africa. These unique discussions help vendors understand the real operating conditions for leading buyers at MNOs, towercos and their subcontractors, identifying specific requirements and revealing much about procurement criteria. In our distributed generation working group, we focused on diesel, hybrid and renewable generation, drawing upon the experiences of two towercos, two MNOs, an ESCO and three of Africa’s leading managed service providers.